The Struggle of Women Content Creators Against Abuse

This research is an examination into the ways online abuse functions in certain online spaces.
By analyzing text-based online abuse against women who are content creators, this research
maps how aspects of violence against women offline extends online. This research examines
three different explorations into how online abuse against women functions. Chapter two
considers what online abuse against women looks like on Twitter as a case study. This chapter
contends that online abuse can be understood as an unintentional use of Twitter's design.
Chapter three focuses specifically on the textual descriptions of sexual violence women who are
journalists receive online. Chapter four analyzes Gamergate, an online movement that
specifically looks to organize online abuse towards women. Chapter five concludes by
meditating on the need to look at a bigger picture that includes cultural shifts that dismantle the
normalization of violence against women both on and offline.